01. 5 Pieces

02. Managers

03. Stylists

04. Danger Squad

05. Others

06. Pets

01. 5 Pieces   NAME: Maria Kivela STAGE NAME: Maria NICKNAMES: Princess, Captain, Diva Leader, Pig (dwae ji), Long-Leg, Axiah DATE OF BIRTH: June 10, 1992 POSITION: Leader, Main Vocalist HEIGHT: 172cm SNS ACCOUNT: @5P_PRINCESS HOBBIES: Singing, watching dramas/series, taking selfies, eating, sleeping LANGUAGES SPOKEN: Swedish (fluent), English (fluent), Korean (fluent), Finnish (good), Japanese (good), Spanish (basic) PERSONALITY: Maria is outspoken, free-spirited and friendly and she is not afraid to show herself or her personality in any situation. She cares for others and treats people with respect unless they don’t treat her nicely. Is known for her confident and loud character; can come off as a diva but Maria’s own point of view is that she knows who she is, what she deserves and where she stands. While she is a person who enjoys the company of other people she tends to enjoy the company of herself just as much at times. Maria has no filters of where her personality can reach CLOSE CELEBRITY FRIENDS: SHINee’s Key, SHINee’s Minho, Ana.N, SNSD’s Sooyoung, actor Kwon Hyunsuk, Zico and more FUN FACTS: - She was popular when 5 Pieces debuted as the female Kim Heechul (Super Junior) and likes to call herself a Princess. - Though she has shown to be a great leader, Maria is actually the youngest of five children - When debuting she was called The Female Xiah as her voice in 5 Pieces resembled Xiah Junsu’s from Dong Bang Shin Ki - Her father is from Finland and her last name caused some confusion in grade school where no one could pronounce her name correctly. In an interview for a Korean magazine 2009, Maria said she had been asked to change her last name after coming to Korea to stop the questions of pronunciation but Maria had turned the suggestion down saying “it is the name my father was born with and I will wear it with the same pride as he has, if you don’t know how to pronounce it, just ask” - Maria has sung in a variety of different OST ballads for dramas in South Korea - Participated in MBC’s We Got Married in 2012-2014 with the model and actor Kwon Hyunsuk, has been rumoured several times to be dating afterwards though both say they are just close friends (Kwon Hyunsuk said in summer 2015 they are in a “some” relationship) - Maria has revealed that her older sister is often mistaken to be Maria, because they look a lot alike.   SOLO DISCOGRAPHY: Korea - Japan 2012: 1st Single                                    [Me, Myself & I] 2013: Henry’s Album participation           [Holiday] 2013: 1st Album                                    [Princess] 2016: SM STATION Single                     [Just a pretty boy] Maria & Chen   2012: K-Drama OST                               [Maybe Tomorrow] Maria's Version 2014: K-Drama OST                               [Don't Walk Away From Me] 2016: K-Drama OST                               [How Can I Love You] 2016: K-Drama OST                               [Lean On Me]     NAME: Emelia Engström STAGE NAME: Emelia NICKNAMES: EM, Charismatic Rapper, Playful Rapper, Ghost (yu ryeong), Joker, Rocker EM, Cookie Monster, Squid DATE OF BIRTH: March 6, 1992 POSITION: Rapper HEIGHT: 168cm SNS ACCOUNT: @5P_EMELIA HOBBIES: Music, pulling pranks, hanging with friends, eating, taking pictures, horses LANGUAGES SPOKEN: Swedish (fluent), English (fluent), Korean (fluent), Japanese (fluent), Chinese-Mandarin (good), German (basic) PERSONALITY: Had created a mysterious and charismatic image as 5 Pieces’ rapper but once she appeared on variety shows her playful character stepped forward. She is known as the joker of the group, loves to play pranks. Gets along well with the opposite gender, according to Emelia it is because they don’t judge or gossip as much as girls, but Emelia is a cool girl with interest in makeup and fashion on the side of playing video games and interest in cars. She isn’t that talkative, her grades were the best in school among the members in 5 Pieces. Emelia has showed a tough side but her feminine and caring side is especially shown when she is around animals. CLOSE CELEBRITY FRIENDS: FT Island’s Jonghun and Minhwan, B2ST’s Doojoon, 4 Minute’s Hyuna, actor Lee Dongwook, CN Blue, Tablo, EXO’s Sehun, Miura Haruma, Kamenashi Kazuya, designer Miyu, actress Aya Ueto, Jessi FUN FACTS: - Was the first member of 5 Pieces to make a solo debut. - She was among TOP5 students in their class of 29 people in 9th grade - Grew up with deep interest in cars and horses, even in 2015 she has shares that she is still going horse riding when she has time - Is a fast learner - Has big interest in making music and writing - Saved a puppy from death in December 2014 when an old man wrote online saying he found a puppy in the trashes, asking for someone to help him find a home as he couldn’t take care of it. He announced the puppy was going to be put to sleep in a few days, but on the day of the dark day he uploaded a new text, writing that 5 Pieces’ Emelia contacted him and has taken in the puppy to her home. Ever since, Emelia has shown how well the puppy is doing, in August 2015 she did a magazine spread to share her puppy’s story - She likes to pat people on the head - Wrote the lyrics to [Girl Crush] by 5 Pieces' sub-unit Trio, 2016 - Was in a relationship with Swedish actor Bill Skarsgård from September 2015 to the end of 2016. Emelia revealed during an interview in February 2017 that she isn't much for long distant relationships. - Emelia created 5 Pieces' own YouTube channel in 2016, called its5pieces. She films and edits most things herself, together with Julia, and uses it as a platform to share daily life and music with fans.   SOLO DISCOGRAPHY: Korea – Japan – China 2010: 1st Single                                     [Strong] 2012: 1st Mini Album                             [This Is Me] 2013: 1st Single                                     [Private Business] 2013: Maria's 1st Album                         [Classic Girl] 2013: 2nd Single                                   [Missing] 2014: 3rd Single                                    [INVISIBLE] 2015: 4th Single                                    [Silence Our Lips] feat Zion.T 2015: 1st Single                                    [Silence Our Lips] feat JJ Lin 2015: 2nd Single                                   [Silence Our Lips] feat Hannah 2016: 5th Single                                    [Angels] feat Taeyeon & Key 2016: 6th Single                                    [BA RAM BA BAM] feat Tiger JK

2016: 1st Album                                    [Soldier]

2016: 7th Single                                    [Super Woman] feat Jessi

2016: 3rd Single                                    [Super Woman] feat Jessi

2017: 1st Album                                   [Soldier]

 

2012: J-Drama OST                               [Lifetime] Track 1 and 3     NAME: Julia Östberg STAGE NAME: Julia NICKNAMES: Sweet Silence, Squirrel, Jul, Grey Mouse DATE OF BIRTH: July 8, 1992 POSITION: Vocalist HEIGHT: 166cm SNS ACCOUNT: @5P_JULIA HOBBIES: Reading, driving, playing with her dogs, going to the gym, be with friends, drinking coffee LANGUAGES SPOKEN: Swedish (fluent), English (fluent), Korean (fluent), Chinese-Mandarin (good), Japanese (basic), German (basic) PERSONALITY: Is mostly known for her earthly personality and comes off quite easy-going, a likable person who everyone gets along with. She focuses a lot on health with healthy drinks. In the group she is known as the Uncle or the sweet one as she is very calm and laid back, but she has her crazy periods as well. She is social but for fans she is the one staying under the radar the most CLOSE CELEBRITY FRIENDS: SHINee’s Onew, SNSD’s Yuri, EXO’s Xiumin and Chen, actor Song Joongki, f(x)’s Amber and more FUN FACTS: - Participated in the made-believe Korean variety show We Got Married in 2011-2012 with ZE:A’s Kevin. - Has no contact with her father since he left when she was a child. - She featured in Emelia's debut mini album in the track [Just Try] - On her 20th birthday, her members got her an Audi R8 - Her mother currently lives in Seoul in the same house as 5 Pieces. - Julia has a passion and love for animals. - She travelled quite a lot as a child and for that learned both German and Chinese-Mandarin when she was in school. - Julia is addicted to coffee - In February 2017, Julia became the new MC at the music program M Countdown - Julia's solo song [Shiny Me] was written by Carolina and became the hottest summer song of 2017 - For 5 Pieces' YouTube channel, Julia has filmed and edited clips on her own, becoming co-creator with Emelia   SOLO DISCOGRAPHY: Korea – Japan 2010: EM's Mini Album                           [Just Try] 2013: 1st Single                                     [I'm Sleepy] 2017: 2nd Single                                     [Shiny Me]     NAME: Carolina Lindquist STAGE NAME: Carolina NICKNAMES: Mascot, Lina, Lin, Carro, Bright (balg eun), the Weirdo (gi myo han sa ram), Cracker DATE OF BIRTH: July 17, 1992 POSITION: Main Vocalist HEIGHT: 166cm SNS ACCOUNT: @5P_CAROLINA HOBBIES: Karaoke, singing and dancing, play the guitar and piano, song-writing/producing, drawing, learning languages LANGUAGES SPOKEN: Swedish (fluent), Korean (fluent), English (fluent), French (basic), Italian (basic), Japanese (basic) PERSONALITY: Often described to have a bright personality, it is easy for her to smile but comes also off as a weird person as she seems to have her mind somewhere else. Is extremely talented and artistic, has a lot of discipline. CLOSE CELEBRITY FRIENDS: SNSD’s Tiffany and Seohyun, T-ara’s Eunjung, SNSD’s Seohyun, f(x)’s Luna, members of Red Velvet FUN FACTS: - Is the hidden gem of 5 Pieces with self-taught passion in both language and music, made more than 20 songs for her first solo release in 2014. - She had her own radio program for two years in Seoul together with B2ST’s Doojoon. - Was forced to watch Titanic with the members because she had never seen it before - Is self-taught in piano and guitar. - Other skills are learning languages, as it turns out Carolina studied by herself before the girl-group went to South Korea and knew twice as much as her friends when they first started to adapt to the Korean language and trends. - Carolina is the youngest in her family with an older brother - Is a country girl but according to 5 Pieces she could’ve grown up in a cave as she is not good at farming or had much knowledge of general things. Carolina has also said she had to walk up on a hill to see her closest neighbour - Has written several songs for 5 Pieces in the past but the most memorable song is [You Thought Wrong Of Me] from 2014. - Participated on Hannah’s solo album in 2015, produced and wrote music as well as collaborating on the hit song [Bittersweet]. - Wrote a song for Red Velvet in 2015 - In Taeyeon's solo album released in February 2017, Carolina produced the song [Time Lapse]. Taeyeon commented in an interview that she and Carolina listened through a lot of songs but when Taeyeon heard [Time Lapse], she was sold on it. - In 2016 and 2017, Carolina has helped students in filming-projects and revealed in an interview that she has interest in being behind the camera; producing and editing videos. - Puzzle thinks she is dating a non-celebrity, based on pictures friends have shared from her time helping the filmography students.   SOLO DISCOGRAPHY: Korea - Japan 2014: 1st Mini Album                             [Lazy Love Song] 2015: Hannah’s Single                           [Bittersweet] feat Carolina 2015: Hannah’s Single                           [Bittersweet] feat Carolina 2016: SM STATION Solo                     [A Song For Tonight]       NAME: Hannah Martens STAGE NAME: Hannah NICKNAMES: Bunny, Charlie, Baby, Blondie/Brownie, Cry Baby, Magnae DATE OF BIRTH: July 28, 1992 POSITION: Vocalist HEIGHT: 162,5cm SNS ACCOUNT: @5P_HANNAH HOBBIES: Music, writing, working out, reading, watching movies LANGUAGES SPOKEN: Swedish (fluent), English (fluent), Korean (fluent), Japanese (fluent) PERSONALITY: Hannah has a lot of compassion, she is a bit shy and according to her members she has a very negative mind. Emelia once said she wants to throw Hannah out of the van when Hannah is in her negative stage as nothing good can come from it. Hannah is helpful and caring to all people around her but is often lost in deep thoughts CLOSE CELEBRITY FRIENDS: SHINee’s Jonghyun (husband), Kim KyunghoAna.N, SHINee’s Taemin, EXO’s Kai & D.O, SNSD’s Taeyeon and Yoona, FT Island's Honggi, Kwon Hyunsuk, Mat Park & Kim Hyejong FUN FACTS: - Among the members, Hannah's Korean is said to be the worst, but her Japanese is the best - Her biggest rival is herself. She wants to do better than herself, which has put her in situations where she pushes herself too hard - Admitted she was scared of Kim Heechul when they first met - Hannah is a cry baby - No one at Hannah's school knew she was a singer, they thought she was skipping class the whole time - Her hobby to write is said to be an addiction - April 2013, Hannah confessed she has a boyfriend, SHINee's Jonghyun. They got engaged in September 2015 och finally married on April 27, 2016. Hannah and Jonghyun (JjongHan) are the first idol couple that has gotten married. - Hannah is the only left handed member in 5 Pieces - Her body is legendary, according to the media. Fans give her nicknames like Goddess Body Hannah or Gorgeous Hannah - Is the middle child with two older sisters and two younger brothers, her relationship with her family is bad - Has been called The Baby of 5 Pieces, in 2015 SNSD's Sunny said she is SM's Baby. - Joined SHINee’s Taemin, EXO’s Kai and soloist ANA.N in 2016 to form the project group Musketeers. She is the leader of the group - In 2017, Hannah and EXO's Kai got the nickname/shipname Laughing Idiots, because pictures and GIFs of them laughing together makes them look like idiots - Is the best-selling author in several countries with the fantasy series Joe. The fifth book Joe - A Woman's Possession is currently her most sold book   SOLO DISCOGRAPHY: Korea - Japan 2010: 1st Single                                     [Burning] 2012: 1st Mini Album                             [Butterfly] 2013: 1st Single                                     [I CRY] 2013: SHINee’s 3rd Album                     [It’s OK] Jonghyun feat Hannah 2014: Taemin’s 1st Album                      [You and me] feat Hannah 2015: Single Collaboration                      [Bittersweet] feat Carolina 2015: Single Collaboration                      [Bittersweet] feat Carolina 2015: 1st Album                                    [NEW ME] 2015: Emelia’s Sin